---------- Original Message ----------- From: Gavin McCullagh <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:58:07 +0100 Subject: Re: Email server tutorial
> Hi, > > On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, John Hansen wrote: > > > I'm looking to rebuild our current email server and was wondering if anyone > > has a good tutorial on how to do that, especially with the configurations. > > I'm > > looking at using the following on 8.04 LTS. > > Postfix, Dovecot, LDAP, Amavisd-new, Spamassassin, ClamAV, Grey listing, and > > OpenWebmail. > > As someone who runs several, do you have a really good reason to run > an in-house mail server? If so, fair enough. > > If not, I'd be looking at getting someone to take the workload off you. > Gmail is an obvious free service (who will remove adverts for educational > customers) but there are lots of other services (some cheap if not > free) available too. Do I have a really good reason, I suppose that's up for debate. We have always had our mail server in house, and want to keep it that way for now. I have around 500 email accounts that authenticate using an LDAP server, and also run LTSP. I like the idea of Gmail, and have checked into it. It's a good option, but not sure if it's a good fit for us at this time. I still need to do more looking into it. > > I'm curious to know what the compelling reasons are to go to the > trouble of self-hosting and not use a service like Gmail. To have > someone else provide an excellent webmail system with pretty good > spam filtering that's also available over pop3/imap from anywhere, > provide large storage, excellent integrated calendaring with > Email/SMS notifications, very high uptime and reliability all for > free. It seems you'll create a lot of work for yourself trying to > make a poor-man's version of it. Economies of scale are pretty > enormous in this industry. Good points. I'm not sure if I look at running an in house mail server as trouble. I have the option to stay with my current set up, which is stable and running good. Just time for an upgrade with current versions. Probably the biggest reasons is that I have the control, like using free software, and can integrate it with our existing systems. > > I guess the big scarey word "privacy" is likely to come up. Is that > the only reason? To what degree is this really a concern? Privacy might be a concern, but then again, nothing on the Internet is really private. > > We're all geeks and like to run things ourselves and be in control of > systems, but we also owe it to our employers to allocate our > available scarce resources as best we can. It's a balance of time and resources. I'm using open source software that is free, so I'm saving my employer money that way. By having a stable environment with integrated systems that can work together well, I'm able to save time and money, freeing up my resources for other tasks. > > I'm not saying this is necessarily the answer for you, but I'm > curious to hear people's thoughts. > > Gavin Thanks, John > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by the Cotter Technology > Department, and is believed to be clean. ------- End of Original Message ------- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by the Cotter Technology Department, and is believed to be clean. -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
